Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 1048-1054 , June 2009

Assessment of Gluteus Maximus Muscle Area With Different Image Analysis Programs

  • Gary A. Wu, MS

      Affiliations

    • Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • ,
  • Kath Bogie, DPhil

      Affiliations

    • Department of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH
    • Cleveland Functional Electrical Stimulation Center, Louis Stokes Cleveland Department of Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Cleveland, OH
    • Corresponding Author InformationReprint requests to Kath Bogie, DPhil, Dept of Orthopaedics, Case Western Reserve University, 2109 Adelbert Rd, BRB 336, Cleveland, OH 44106

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 Supported by the Veterans Administration Rehabilitation Research and Development Service (grant no. B4664).

 No commercial party having a direct financial interest in the results of the research supporting this article has or will confer a benefit on the authors or on any organization with which the authors are associated.

PII: S0003-9993(09)00141-5

doi: 10.1016/j.apmr.2008.12.009

Archives of Physical Medicine and Rehabilitation
Volume 90, Issue 6 , Pages 1048-1054 , June 2009

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